System Crasher
System Crasher is a thoughtful and compassionate portrait of one child's trauma and anger
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Year
2019
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Country
Tyskland
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Duration
118 min.
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Language
Tysk
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Director
Nora Fingscheidt
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Screenwriter
Nora Fingscheidt
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Cast
Helena Zengel, Albrecht Abraham Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmiede, Lisa Hagmeister
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Awards
Best International Film (Oslo Pix 2019), Silver Berlin Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize (Berlin International Film Festival 2019)
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Wherever 9-year-old Benni ends up, she is expelled. She has become what child protection services call a “system crasher.” But she is not looking to change her ways and has one goal: go back home to her mother. When anger management trainer Micha is hired to help, suddenly there is hope.
System Crasher is German director Nora Fingscheidt’s debut film. Young Helena Zengel is brilliant in the part of nine-year-old Benni. System Crasher was first presented at the Berlin Film Festival I 2019 where it received the Alfred Bauer Award for best picture. After which it was a favourite in a line of festivals across the globe, it also won the price for best international film at Oslo Pix Film Festival in 2019.
System Crasher was Germanys first candidate to the Oscars, in the category of Best international film, in 2020.
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